SME Times News Bureau | 30 Jul, 2019
In yet another step to foster innovation in
India, the Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), flagship initiative of NITI Aayog is
all set to launch a new milestone program for community innovation in New Delhi
tomorrow.
The Program will be jointly inaugurated by Union
Minister of Human Resource and Development Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ and
Minister of Petroleum, Natural Gas and Steel Shri Dharmendra Pradhan.
The new initiative aims to encourage the spirit
of innovation in the country. Speaking about the initiative, AIM Mission
Director R Ramanansaid that the purpose of this new initiative is to make
innovation ecosystem socially inclusive as well as to ensure equitable
distribution of infrastructure for innovation across the country.
He stressed that the new program has been
specifically designed for underserved, unserved
regions of Tier 1 or Metro cities, Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities, Smart Cities,
Aspirational districts, North-East, Jammu and Kashmir as well as the rural and
tribal regions of India.
Vice Chairman NITI
Aayog Dr Rajiv Kumar, CEO NITI Aayog Shri Amitabh Kant, AIM Mission Director
Shri R. Ramanan and other senior officials willalso be present on the occasion.